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VOL. 16—NO. 19.
NORTH CANTON, STARK COUNTY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1938—EIGHT PAGES
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BARTHELMEH READY
TO CONTINUE BATTLE
Having Defeated the Muskingum
Watershed Conservancy District Officials In Their Attempt
To Push Their Measure To
Completion the Prosecutor of
Stark County Declares He Will
Fight the Case In Any Court
They Desire To Enter.
Told Without
Vamish h Ben Long
I am convinced that only by such
a medium as this column can certain
types of news and opinions be set
forth.
"ILLEGAL  TAX,"   HE   SAYS
For a long period A. C. L. Barthelmeh, prosecuting attorney of Stark
county, has been battling against the
tax levy of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and today
it looks as if he has come out victorious.
Prosecutor Barthelmeh's fight was
solely in the interest of the taxpayers
of Stark county, and to his credit be
it said that he and his capable assistants devoted many long hours and
hard work in behalf of the people, and
yet they never asked one cent additional for those services, although
legally permitted to collect fees for
the same.
Judge Sustains Prosecutor
Presiding Judge Charles W. Montgomery, in an opinion sustaining the
contention of Prosecutor Barthelmeh
that the whole affair to levy a tax is
illegal, did not mince words when he
rendered his decision, and he clearly
stated that the directors "had no authority to tax or assess persons other
than those who have actually benefited by the project."
Knowing the keen interest displayed
by the majority of people in Stark
county concerning the Muskingum
Watershed Conservancy District case,
The Sun called Prosecutor Barthelmeh
on the phone and told him the columns of this newspaper were open to
him if he cared to explain why he
is making such a hard fight in behalf
of many taxpayers.
His reply was: "It is strictly a matter of principle with me. My conscience wouldn't rest easy if I permitted that case to go by default. As
the prosecuting attorney of Stark
county it is my duty to defend the
people when they appear helpless to
defend themselves, and to prosecute
when I honestly believe they are in
the wrong."
So The Sun presents his letter. It
is a straightforward statement, modest, yet containing a challenge all will
understand.
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BARTHELMEH'S OPINION
Declares   He  Will   Fight  If   District
Appeals the  Case.
To the Editors of The Sun:
Having now received a copy of the
Court's " opinion   in   the   Muskingum
Watershed Conservancy District case,
I am more than ever gratified in the
result of our efforts to stop and prevent an illegal and arbitrary effort to
tax  the  people  of  this  county  and
other   counties   in   the   Conservancy
District.
To fight this kind of a case is not
one of the duties prescribed by law
for the prosecuting attorney. Under
the laws, of this state this action could
have been brought by any lawyer and
such counsel could then receive an allowance of fees by the court. With a
sum involved such as ,$1,500,000.00,
such fees would be in a substantial
amount considering allowances heretofore made in taxpayers suits. In
some instances allowances have been
made to prosecuting attorneys in this
state for carrying on taxpayers suits.
However, in this case I do not propose to make any application nor do
I propose to accept one cent. With
me this matter is one of principle and
I am content with the compensation
of reading the opinions of the several Courts which have to this date
agreed with my contention in the matter.
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A Celebrated Line
I do not ob
ject spending an
hour or so to
oblige a reader
of this column
when I believe
he (or she) is
sincere in the
question or
questions asked,
but my time is
too valuable to
waste o n silly
questions c o n -
cerning screen
stars and other
present day! "celebrities" the world
will forget within the next five years.
But here is a question I am answering for the reason that it is of general interest. Several years ago some
Mark Twain society bestowed a prize
for the best single line in Samuel
Clemens' writings. A woman won it
with the line, "The ornament of a
house is the friends who frequent it."
My correspondent wonders whether
Clemens quoted it from Emerson, or
whether he had the same thought?
She also states that she had seen the
line credited to Robert Louis Stevenson.
My answer is that the line is to be
found in Emerson's essay, "Domestic
Life," in the volume, "Society and
Solitude" (1870), about five pages before the end of the essay. It is possible that Clemens used it without
using quotation marks, and yet it is
possible he had the same idea, although how one man can use the exact
words used by another writer is a
problem too hard for me to solve.
Stevenson, during his lifetime, was
accused of "plagiarism," but he never
answered his critics. How true the
charge is I do not know. This much
I do know: Even the most conscientious writers have heard it said of
them that they "stole the other fellow's words." This may be true, but
it was not done deliberately. They
read an expression, and then forgot
it. Years later it popped up in their
mind and they used it, or in words
meaning the same thing.
A year or so ago the late O. O.
Mclntyre, famous as a columnist, was
accused of plagiarism. Seasoned
newspaper men knew that Mclntyre
would be a fool to palm off another
writer's paragraphs as his own. He
may have unconsciously slipped, but
as that is a human trait, the incident
was forgotten.
EVERY CHILD TO GET
A SQUARE DEAL HERE
Mrs. Maude M. Bailey and the
Members of the P.-T. A. Are
Preparing Plans For a Meeting
On March 17 In the Community Building, the Purpose of
Which Is Better Health For
Children—Speakers Will Include Dr. Pierce.
The Sun Consists of
10 Pages Today
IS   OPEN   TO   THE   PUBLIC
Millionaire Party
To be held at the Post home on
Friday evening, March 18. All Legion-
aires and ex-service men are invited
to attend and spend an evening with
their old buddies.
Names of Essay Winners
For the American Legion essay
contest conducted in the schools of
Ohio there were 250 essays written in
the North Canton schools on the subject "Citizenship." Of these there
were twenty-two picked to be submitted to the Stai-k county essay committee, who in turn picked twenty-
four of the best submitted from the
schools of Stark county to be submitted to the 10th district committee, who
in turn will pick twenty-four from
the district to be sent to the state
committee.
The following- pupils of the North
Canton schools have the honor of
winning in the county and we wish
them luck in being successful in being
chosen by the district and state committees which will entitle eight boys
and eight girls to a free trip to the
national capital, Washington, D. C:
Ladene Roberts, Marie Burkholtz, and
Richard Waltenbaugh of the ninth
grade; Jane Glass and James Jester
of the tenth grade; Eileen McCue and
Mary Duff of the eleventh grade and
Mary Shank of the twelfth grade.
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Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary will
meet in regular session on Thursday
evening, March 10, in the Legion
home. Matters concerning future activities will be taken up.
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Get Results
People advertise in The Sun because
they get results.
They Love Each Other
The statement in a Cleveland newspaper that a husband and wife, married 60 years, "Never had a secret
from each other and have been a
courting couple" sounds good to me.
There are too many married folk nowadays who have some crazy idea that
it is infra dig. to admit that they love
each  other.
Better Newspapers
Schools of Journalism in the colleges and universities are going to
follow Chicago university and insist
on a five years' course. They are wise.
The newspaper profession requires
something more than writing a weak
news story or a few second-class display headlines. It demands a background in which is a reservoir filled
with facts concerning a million subjects.
Getting the impression that a seasoned newspaper man can be turned
out after two or three years' experience is silly. The same applies to
printing. Both classes of work require
years of study on the part of bright
young men and women.
Some day the United States will insist that newspaper men and newspaper women be thoroughly trained.
When that time arrives four-flushers, nuts, mutts and weaklings will
not enter the profession, and as a result the newspapers will be stronger
and more respected by the general
public than they are today.
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Asking Questions
It is one of the privileges of parenthood to be regarded as the fountain-
head of all knowledge. And it is one
of the duties—puzzling and tiring
though it may be on occasion—to lead
the questioning mind through the
maze of young discovery.
Many of us still believe that foolish
saying about curiosity killing the cat;
many of us regard the questioning
child as a plague, precocious and tiresome. In school and in home there is
often a tendency to curb the natural
curiosity of the child as an objectionable trait. Even elder brothers and
sisters have little patience with the
young explorer's urgent demands on
their time and intelligence—possibly
because they, at the same age, were
treated with scant sympathy.
Yet that one word "Why" is the
substance of our very existence. To
ask and to leam, to find a problem
that requires a solution, to be faced
with a question that demands thought
in finding an answer—these are the
things that lead to progress.
The trouble is that too many persons give up asking "Why?" at an
early stage. We see evidence of that
sad mental state all around us, in
complacent people who are content to
take everything for granted and never
bother to ask a question or consult a
book containing information on . a
given subject.
Mrs. Maude M. Bailey, health
chairman of the Stark County Council of P.-T. A., has planned a county-
wide health program to be held in the
North Canton Community Building,
on March 17. -
This is to start as a covered dish
luncheon with North Canton association acting as hostesses. Mrs. Charles
Smith, hospitality chairman of local
P.-T. A. will "have charge. The purpose of this meeting is to become better acquainted and complete plans for
the summer round up and examination
of pre-school children.
At 2:00 p.m. a special program has
been arranged (to be published in The
Sun later) and the sponsors trust that
there will be a large attendance of
North Canton residents. Every one
interested is invited to come and hear
Dr. Pierce from Molly Stark sanitarium.
Welfare Clubs Invited
It is hoped that every local club or
association will send their child welfare committee if possible, and if any
one is interested in child welfare and
does not belong to the P.-T. A. or other
groups, please consider yourself invited and mark March 17, St. Patrick's
day, on your calendar as a day you
will long remember.
GIRLS^TAPCLASSES
Will Begin In Community Building; Saturday, March 26.
New tap classes will begin on Saturday, March 26. The only fee required will be a membership at the
Community Building. Watch The Sun
for a future schedule.
The 37 Varieties made a trip via
the Community Building bus to Massillon and visited the state hospital.
There were fifteen in the group. Dr.
Donahue conducted the girls through
the various buildings and she gave an
interesting and worthwhile talk.
The high school gym classes will
play a basketball team from Marlboro
this Wednesday night.
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Team, Starting Tonight, Will Be
Busy All This Week.
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FIDELITY LODGE NO.
F. and A. M.
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The final game will be played tonight (Wednesday) in the Canton Y.
M. C. A. when the Hoovers tangle
with the Berloys, last year's champions. A defeat by the Berloys will
make a three-way tie for first place
and an extra game will have to be
played to decide the champions.
On Friday at 7:20 p.m. the Hoover
club will play their first game in the
interstate tournament sponsored by
the Canton police department and held
at the Canton Auditorium. Their opponents will be the Smith Grocers, a
combination of ex-college stars assembled  solely for tournament play.
On Saturday the Hoovers are also
scheduled to participate in the northeastern Ohio industrial tournament at
the Canton Y. M. C. A.  This tournament takes in only the winner of in
dustrial leagues and there will be in
dustrial  teams  entered  from  Cleve
land, Elyria, Warren, Youngstown, etc.
The winners of this tournament will
be eligible to enter the state tournament at Columbus on the '19th of
March.
Additional basketball news will be
found in the supplement today.
THEWOimCLDB
Speakers From Canton Discuss
Personality and Conversation.
Members of the Woman's club of
North Canton were instructively entertained on Monday evening when
they heard Miss Ruth Morgan of Canton Y. W. C. A. speak on the "A B C
D of Health," and S. W. Crandal of
McKinley high school faculty talk on
"The Art of Conversation."
Miss Morgan's alphabet referred to
posture, personal appearance, nutrition and relaxation.
Mr. Crandal's message was helpful
to any one in social life.
Mrs. Mathie played "America the
Beautiful," and the federation's hymn
for group singing was led by Mrs.
Gordon Gougler.
Mrs. Gougler presided until she
turned the meeting over to Mrs. G.
W. Henderson.
Tea was served from tables that
were daintily decorated in clusters of
small white flowers, green foliage and
white tapers.
Mrs. Harry Gougler and Mrs. Paul
Hahn poured. Mrs. M. M. Eubright
was tea chairman.
Mrs. M. E. Beck At Home
Mrs. Melvin E. Beck was brought
home from Aultman hospital on Monday afternoon. She is gaining toward
health nicely, The Sun is pleased lo
report.
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Literary Club Luncheon
The Literary club luncheon will be
held on Saturday in Hotel Belden.
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"If it's in The Sun, It's so."
Albert B. Cox  W. M
Arthur J. Bell   S. W.
Charles H. Schafer  J. W.
George Snavely  .?.  Treasurer
Carl S. Spanagel   Secretary
Stated meetings 2nd and 4th Mondays in Masonic, Temple, Canton.
RAPP IS IN FLORIDA
WITH BOSTON BEES
Warstler Arrived In Bradenton
On Monday Morning.
Harold (Rapp) Warstler, second
basemen on the Boston Bees (National league), arrived in Bradenton,
Florida, on Monday morning shortly
before noon. Harold left North Canton on Saturday morning, took the
train at Cleveland, and kept on going
until he reached the Bees' training
grounds.
Rapp was greeted warmly by Casey
Stengel, who has taken over the management of the Bees. A grand ball
player and a capable general, Casey
knows the ins and outs_of the game,
and his men have the utmost confidence in his ability and his fairness.
Around the Diamond
According to Harold Kaese, who
represents a Boston evening 'newspaper, the "set-up" in Bradenton is
much better than the Bees had in St.
Petersburg the last two years, where
meal checks had to be made out for
the players, but there is endless work
even so. Lewis, .is the neat-as-a-pin
secretarial type. He has a system and
follows it religiously. He does not
have to mail train fare to players, as
some secretaries do, but arranges with
a railroad agent in Boston and then
writes the player to pick up his ticket
at a certain point. He sends a complete travelling schedule to the player.
The dimensions of the Bradenton
ball park: Left field, 391 feet; left
center field, 423 feet; center field, 42U
feet; right field, 420 feet. The Boston
field is large but it looks small compared to the Bradenton garden.
Although the Bees players are allowed to sign hotel meal checks up to
a certain sum, the baseball writers
get $3.50 cash to eat on. They approve of Bob Quinn's practice of paying cash because it enables them to
dine at other places than the hotel
without losing money.
Bees players are not allowed to eat
meals outside the hotel without permission, even though they pay for
their own meals elsewhere. This holds
for all except those who live out
with their wives.
Bill Cunningham, who is at Bradenton watching the team for a morning
paper in Boston, declares thp ball
players really put in a potent day's
labor. Whatever else Casey Stengel
is or isn't, he's a wampus cat for
work, and when those ball players get
through a couple of daily sessions of
his, they're not interested in much of
anything else.
Casey says that he is tackling to
the best of his ability the two major
problems of the ball club he has inherited. One of these is its lack of
hitting strength and the other is its
shortage of relief pitchers.
LETTERS TO THE SUN
Relief Measures and Grafters
IT IS no use closing our eyes and in
a weak voice babbling " 'Taint so,"
for when we open our eyes and
look at the daily newspaper page we
know it is so. So the questions we
must answer are (1) What is the matter with American manhood? (2) Are
we degenerating into a race of financial and business crooks?
These are pertinent questions today
and may well be given serious consideration if the morale and honesty
of our entire country is not to eventually sink to the lowest level. Charges
are freely made and seldom denied
that the Federal government, earnestly desiring to relieve distress in the
nation, finds it difficult in many states
to secure men who will administer the
various relief measures without resorting to wholesale graft and corruption.
To make mattei-s worse is the fact
that Republicans, Democrats and fellows posing as true sons of the Nonpartisan league are mentioned as being anything but on the level when it
comes to handling the nation's money.
Such men at heart know no party
when there is a dollar in sight they
can grab. Minor officials have been
discharged  for petty crookedness  or
to the Pacific coast, and yet tlie slime
of graft taints the honest efforts of
national and state administrations to
relieve distress.
The Sun well knows that there was
never a time in the United States
during the past 80 years when tlie national government functioned without
finding some unscrupulous minor officials taking money from "promoters"
or padding pay-rolls. Fortunately for
the nation, our Presidents have been
honest men and the members of their
cabinets have as a general rule been
honest, too, although the stench of
the corruption of "The Ohio Gang"
under the Harding administration still
lingers, as does the case of a cabinet
officer in 1911. Such instances, however, are rare in high official life, so
when a member of a President's cabinet does wrong he stands branded as a
crook for all men to see.
Governments may live and countries may enjoy a measure of prosperity under such sordid conditions
for a time, but they can not endure
forever. Year by year humanity,
reared in such an atmosphere of selfishness, deceit and outright crookedness, will sink lower and lower until
bottom has been reached.
To people who  love  their country
AN EVANGELIST WITH
A CLEAN-CUT SERMON
The Rev. Dr. Dewey Whitweli of
Nashville, Tenn., Is Packing
the First U. B. Church In Canton Every Night and On Sunday With Men and Women
Eager To Hear Him Point Out
the Road Humanity Should
Take To Secure Salvation.
gross favoritism from Maine to Cali-   present day conditions in many states
fomia and from the Atlantic seaboard I are a cause for grave concern.
Use Your Brains Sensibly
M
OST of us belabor our brains too
queer considering that for years
The Sun's editorial writers have been
advocating a bigger and better use of
brains, but there is method in the
madness. For you can use your
brains either sensibly or foolishly, and
the majority of. people go plunging
around without really differentiating
between the two.
If you want to make an intelligent
use of your brains you must learn' to
make an intelligent use of the brains
of others. This doesn't mean you
should go about picking other people's brains to save yourself the
trouble of using your own. It means
you should realize there are innumerable short cuts to knowledge which
BOOKMLEN?
New Volumes In N. C. Library
For Adults and Juveniles.
only a fool would ignore.
Anyone can accumulate a small
reference library at a cost of no more
than a few cents at a time. And no
one should be without at least some
books of this soi-t. They're the raw
material of thought. If you can find
a fact in a minute by looking it up
in a book, it is senseless to spend a
week trying to think it out for yourself.
Books—the right books—are the
Bank of Human Knowledge, and there
are no overdrafts. You can draw on
that bank without price and without
question in North Canton, Canton,
Akron, and in other towns where
there are  libraries  and  book  stores.
And the moral, if there is one, is—
use your brains, but don't forget that
other brains worked before you were
even bom!
CLEAR THINKING  ALWAYS
As the Lenten season turns our
minds to spiritual matters, the North
Canton Library has several books to
offer as helps.
Dr. Ralph Sockman's new book,
"Recoveries In Religion," points out
that bewildered mankind, searching
for lost clues, is turning to religion
for patterns. The chapters cover The
Recovery of Authority, The Recovery
of Balance and the Recovery of
Powei-.
Dr. Sockman is well known as the
Sunday morning preacher of the National Broadcasting company.
"Christ Speaks From Calvary," by
Dr. Rees, brings comfort but also
brings challenge; brings stinging rebuke, but also strengthening courage.
E. Stanley Jones in his book, "The
Choice Before Us," shows the way to
Christ-like living, not by theories but
by the living expei-ience of the life
of God in the soul of man.
Books For Young People
Lawrence Howe has written a small
book for young people and the leaders
of young people, "Finding the Goal
Posts."   Thousands  of young people
MRS. REDD TO SPEAK
Wife of Canton Pastor Will Be
Guest of Woman's Club.
The next meeting of the Woman's
club will be on Monday, March 21, in
the afternoon and Mrs. P. M. Redd
will review the book "Long View."
She is the wife of the pastor of First
United Brethren church, Canton.
The annual banquet is scheduled for
Monday, April A, at 6:00 p.m. in the
Hotel Belden. The Spiker quartet will
sing and Miss Adelaide Chaise and
her dramatic group will present two
plays, one-act each.
BOYS'BASEBALL CLUB
American Legion Is Backing the
Movement Here.
Harrison Cline, Frank Gigley, Ralph
Taylor and Ross Cahill and several
sons of North Canton Legionnaires
will be in Alliance tonight (Wednesday) to discuss junior baseball to be
sponsored by the American Legion.
On Friday, March 11, all boys from
12 to 18 years of age are invited to
DR. DEWEY WHITWELL
^ m      »„„„„„„„„  wl  ,,„„,.       ..„ .^   t**e  baseball  meeting in  the  Legion
havr'heardThes'e" tafks and'liccepted I £,°me °" West Maple street at 7:30.
the challenge to do their part in mak-   They will ^hear many things concern
Friday's Band Concert
. Editors The Sun: Did you, dear
reader, ever miss anything? Well,
you did if you didn't hear the program on Friday evening in the high
school auditorium. The North Canton
Community band, directed by R. E.
Nidy, and the N. C. high school glee
club, directed by Miss Mary Jane
Whartenby, for the benefit of the high
school band.
Well, it! is proof that we have the
boys and girls and they have the talent and ambition when we saw Glen
Wehl with his instrument and heard
Jeanne Meyers and the glee club sing.
Now, what we need are more programs to get more money to buy more
instruments to have more boys to
make more music so that more people
may enjoy it. So, come on; let's all
do our part and have a junior North
Canton band in the near future.
Give the North Canton Community
band credit for giving the boys a
chance.
LEO W. BRAUCHER,
331 W. Maple St., North Canton,
March 7, 1938. _	
CLOVER LEAF CLASS
Interesting Program Arranged For
Friday Evening.
The Clover Leaf class will meet in
The Community Christian church on
Friday evening at 7:30.
Mrs. Ralph Vogt and Mrs. Edjrar
Lowry are arranging an interesting
grogram. Hostesses will be Mrs. L. L.
raucher, Mrs. Jane Hoodlette, Mrs.
Earl Grant, Mrs. Mae Williams, Mrs.
Walter Hess, Mrs. F. L. Pierce, Mrs.
H. H. Harmon, Mrs. Elmer Miller.
ing life rich, genuine and worth while.
Other helpful books are, "The Fool
Hath Said," by Nichols; "The Right
Thing," by Stevens; and "Men of the
Outposts," by Welch.
There  is   a  new  copy   of  the  old
favorite,    "God's    Troubadour:     The
Story  of Saint Francis  of Assisi"
Librettos For Operas
Librettos for the operas to be given
during the week of grand opera in
Cleveland are in the files at the library.
Proving that our friends do not forget us when away from home, Mr. and
Mrs. Corbett brought most interesting
postcards from Mexico, New Orleans
and Nashville, Tennessee. These have
been added to our file and may help
you when you plan your drive to
Mexico City.
FARMUNMNEWS
Booster Local No. 48 Had 175
Present On Friday Night.
Booster Local No. 48, Farmers'
Union, held their regular meeting on
Friday evening and although it was
raining the hall was filled to capacity,
the estimated attendance being 175.
After the business meeting the
Juniors presented a three-act play entitled "Tho Making Over of Sadie,"
which was enjoyed by all.
Mrs. Bredehauft, state junior lead-
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To Present Operetta
The operetta, "An Old Kentucky
Garden," will be presented by the glee
clubs of the high school on Saturday
evening, March 19, in the school auditorium.
Attended Wedding-
Mrs. A. M. Shanafelt and son, Dale,
attended the wedding of Miss Jane
Smith of Akron to Dr. Franklin
Krichbaum of Canton in the First
Congregational church, Akron, on
Sunday afternoon at 3:30.
ing   the  formation   of  an   American
Legion club for boys in North Canton.
NEW CHAMP IN TOWN
He Is Bill Uhrich and He Is the
King of Swimmers.
The Sun has been informed that Bill
Uhrich of 213 North Main won the
state swimming championship in Columbus. He grabbed the victory on a
100-yard backstroke. His time 1:05
bi-oke the record of 1:00 made by El-
wood Woodling in 1935.
The best high school swimmers in
the state were in the contest. Bill
formerly attended North Canton high.
He represented Lehman high school,
Canton, at Columbus. He is captain
of the swimming team of the school.
He is a modest young fellow and for
that reason his friends are pleased
he copped the championship.
N. C. SCHOOLEXHIBIT
Parents and Friends Invited To
See It On Friday.
The North Canton high school is
planning for their annual school exhibit day and visitation on Friday,
March 11. The regular classes will be
in session both morning and afternoon
to which parents and friends of the
school are invited.
In the afternoon and evening, work
that the pupils have done during the
year will be on display in the various
rooms.
All of the people of the community
are invited to see some of tlie work
that is being done.
Boy For the Klotz'
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Forrest
Klotz of Mt. Pleasant, on Friday,
March 4, a son, weighing- IM pounds,
in Aultman hospital. Blane Eugene is
his name.
By BEN LONG
Religion offers mankind a wealth of
common blessings that, rightly used
and wisely controlled, would make
him supremely happy. It is the greatest experiment in organizing human
society that has ever been attempted.
This is not the moment to despair.
It is the moment to redress our ranks,
readjust our policy, renew our faith.
They Make You Think
Let the above words rest in your
mind for a few minutes and then you
begin to think—and think hard—for
the speaker is the Rev. Dr. Dewey
Whitweli of Nashville, Tenn., at present conducting revival meetings in the
First United Brethren church, 500
Cleveland avenue SW., Canton. The
pastor of the church is the Rev. P.
M. Redd, A.B., one of the best known
clergymen in Ohio, a man in whose
congregation are to be seen many substantial men and women whose names
are familiar in Canton and nearby-
towns. North Canton and its vicinage
contribute a number of persons to the
congregation of the U. B. church fifty-
two weeks in the year.
His Second Visit
Dr. Whitweli is enjoying his second
visit to the church, and the people
are enjoying him. Ho is an engaging
young man with a pleasing personality, and when he smiles, which he
does frequently, you smile, too. There
is nothing to recall Mr. Pecksniff about
him. Charles Dickens' hypocrite in
Martin Chuzzlewit and Dr. Dewey
are as far apart as day and night, and
that is the reason he is winning people to lead more upright lives or keeping them on the right track. People
believe in him.
His Sincerity Impresses
The man's sincerity is what impressed this writer for The Sun. He
is natural, and affectation he no doubt
saw in the dictionary but never
around his person. A scholarly man,
he prefers the word "small" to "infinitesimal," and that is one reason he
is a power in the pulpit.
Started To Climb Early
Questions I asked Pastor Redd
proved to me that Dr. Whitweli started early to climb the ladder of success.
In his early twenties he became the
pastor of the First U. B. church of
Nashville and soon afterwards was
made superintendent of Tennessee
conference and evangelist at large for
the Home Mission board, which office
he still holds. He attended Vanderbilt
university in Nashville and received
his Doctor of Divinity degree from
Otterbein college in Westerville, Ohio,
and at the present time represents the
Tennessee conference on the board of
trustees of the college. Ho has held
meetings in the south and mid-western states and is well known in Ohio,
Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Evangelists We've Seen
Many persons associate the word
"evangelist" with loud speaking,
shadow boxing witli the devil, hopping
around the platform to prove they
are not victims of bunions, ingrowing
toe nails or fallen arches, and indulging in other antics more or less obnoxious to people of ordinary intelligence. Such fellows probably do a
small amount of good in the world and
they have their following, so I won't
criticise them even though their style
doesn't appeal to me.
A Clean-Cut Speaker
If tlie reader of this article goes
to tlie U. B. church any night this
week (Saturday night excepted) he
will hear Dr. Whitweli preach a sermon without ranting or flamboyant
oratory of any kind. It is true the
services have taken on "the spirit of
an old-time revival," and it is also
true that he stirs the emotions of the
people, but it is the opinion of this
writer that Dr. Whitweli relies more
on appealing to the reasoning faculties of men and women than on their
enthusiasm. He may know tricks of
oratory and he may understand the
value of "certain mannerisms" some
evangelists use to rivet the attention
of an audience, but studying him
closely last night I failed to see or
hear anything except a manly chap
delivering an able sermon in a natural
way.
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